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` A. WALTON. ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN' BRACKET vAND SUPPORT.

Patented Oct. 20, 1896.

Wsil: I Y ibm im y NITEDV STATES ANDREW IVALTON, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD ATENT OFFICE.

TO SARAH LANGLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN BRACKET AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,898, dated October 20, 1896.

Application led April 24, 1896. Serial No. 588,995. (No model.)

To all 7,071,071?, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW WALTON, of Huntington, county of Huntington, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain Brackets and Supports, of which the followingl is a description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference-letters indicate like or corresponding parts, Figure l is a front view Vof my improved bracket with the curtain and shade in position. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the curtain and shade removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the bracket extended on either side of the window-frame. Fig. 4 is an end view of the bracket as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is asection in line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section in line 6 6 of Fig. 2 with a part broken away to show the same. Fig. 7 is a section in line 7 7 of Fig. Fig. 8 is a section in line 8 8 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a section in line 9 9 of Fig. 3, and Fig; ,l0 is a partial perspective view of the bracket proper.

Windows and the shades and curtains for them vary greatly in width, and in moving from house to house great difficulty is met with in again hanging the curtains and shades. My invention is designed to obviate this difticulty; and to this end it consists, broadly, in connecting the two brackets on the sides of the window together in such a manner that they may be moved either toward or from each other to suitably fit windows of different widths.

It also consists in constructing such side` brackets with the supports both for the cnrtain-pole'and the shade-roller.

It also consists in constructing the curtainpole support in such a manner that it may be adjusted relative to the wall, thus positioning the pole such distance from the wall as may be desired.

It also consists in such other novel combination and construction of parts as maybe shown and described, and as are more particularly pointed out in the'claims, the whole being combined in the most simple and economical manner.

In the drawings, A A represent the two parts of my extensible bracket, which are so vided with means for securing the bracket C l C. These are preferably constructed to slide tightly within guides A2 A?, as shown, and as thus made may be easily disconnected and packed for shipment. A single guide would serve the purpose very well, but two guides, as shown, add materially to the stability of the connection and permit of the use of the light and strong bracket C. (Shown in Fig. 4.) Each part A A is adapted to have secured to it the support D D for the shaderoller. I prefer for this purpose to cut and bend up the lips A4 A5, to which may thus be secured the supports D D in any preferred manner, as by rivets or bolts.

The bracket Cis constructed to engage with the part A or A', as described, (the arms c c being adapted to slide within thegrooves A2 A3,) and is preferably also provided with an extensible arm E,which may be moved upon the bracket and secured at any desired point. I prefer to engage the parts with a grooveand-slide connect-ion, as shown, when, if desired, a set-screw e may lock the parts together. The outer end of the arm E is adapted to receive and support the curtain-pole F, while the clip D supports the end of the shaderoller G. (See Figs. l and 4.) The additional holes h h are provided for use in case it is desired to secure the parts more rmly to the window; but it will very seldom be necessary to use them for such purposes.

The mode of operation is as follows: The two parts A A are loosely secured to the head or side casing of the window, and when adjusted to the proper length the screws B B are tightened, firmly securing the parts together and to the window. The brackets C O may then be placed in position and so secured, and the curtain-pole and shade-roller may then be placed in position in the supports.

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Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An adjustable Window-fixture consisting 0f a bar composed of two parts telescoping,` one upon the other and adapted to extend across and be secured to the Window-frame; a shade-roller support secured to each end of the bar, and longitudinal grooves also located at each end of the bar, in combination with curtain-bar brackets provided with the arms, c, c, adapted to adjustably engage with the grooves in the bar, and the adjustable arm, E, whereby the curtain-pole supports maybe adj usted both longitudinally and transversely to the curtain-pole, substantially as described.

2. Acurtain-pole support consisting1 of basescribed.

ANDREVV VALTON.

lVitnesses:

L. A. GARDINER, JOHN W. HILL. 

